Top tips for perfecting nail prep
Elevate your business and embrace new techniques with advice from the Scratch Stars award-winning OPI team, as OPI field educator, Ashleigh Clements, shares her top tips for perfecting nail prep. Nail preparation is the foundation of a great nail service. Great nail prep offers a smooth canvas for product application…
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Why you shouldn’t use an at-home gel polish kit
Salon owner, educator and award-winning nail stylist, Katie Barnes, unveils concerns surrounding DIY gel polish kits… Gel polish seems like an easy to use, harmless product – surely, it’s just like painting on a nail polish, isn’t it? Well, this is the attitude that is causing problems amongst some non-professionals, as they…
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Magpie Beauty launches Perfect Poly acrygel range
Magpie Beauty has launched its Perfect Poly acrygel range, boasting a strong yet flexible formula ideal for overlays and enhancements. Perfect Poly cures under LED light, and techs are able to mould the product easily into place before curing a Magpie Beauty lamp. No setting time or ratio means the…
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Extend nails speedily with INK London Long Ballerina Fit-Tips
INK London has revealed its Long Ballerina Fit-Tips, offering a speedy service time and strong, flexible nail enhancements that boast a flush finish. Made of soft gel, the full coverage Fit-Tips are thin and flexible with a reinforced free edge for extra strength, are soakable and require no filing. What’s…
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Offer speedy enhancements with Magpie Beauty Full On Tips
Magpie Beauty has launched Full On Tips designed to save professional nail technicians time and money by offering an express nail extension service. Available in both Almond and Tapered Square shapes, the Full On Tips boast a wear-time of up to three weeks and can be applied using both acrylic…
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WHAT I’M WEARING: Hayley McCabe
We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Talented tech, Hayley McCabe, wears a sparkling golden glitter French. “I have had short nails for a while and so sculpted enhancements using the Lecenté Create Builder Gel. I added one coat of CND Shellac in Negligee and encapsulated Lecenté…
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WHAT I’M WEARING: Elysia Harmony, Elysia’s Harmony Nail Artistry & Education
We want to see what you’re wearing on your nails! Elysia Harmony, of Elysia’s Harmony Nail Artistry & Education, wears fiery red and orange enhancements. “As a nail technician, I find it relatively easy to have longer length nails but wanted to understand what challenges my clients face. Since the…
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Katie Barnes expands nail tool range
Since the launch of the Katie Barnes Tool Range earlier this year, the KB Thickness Measuring Tool is the latest addition to the collection. Scratch Stars Nail Stylist of the Year 2019, Katie Barnes, has deigned the KB Thickness Measuring Calliper specifically for precise measuring of nail enhancement thickness. The tool…
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Jo Wickens on enhancements & education
What is your trademark nail style? My go-to style is colourful, glittering designs, featuring Swarovski crystals or nail art. I am not afraid of colour, and neither are my clients! In fact, it’s rare for me to use the same shade twice in one day. I also love doing a…
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MANI MONDAY: Lola Bunny
Begin the week the right way with some nail inspiration this mani Monday! Who doesn’t love Lola Bunny? This nail design by @miunailsart at ISLA Berlin is sassy yet super sweet, seeing baby blue hues combine with hand painted art of the fabulous Looney Tunes character, alternative French tips, the…
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School bans students from wearing acrylic nails
A school in England has banned acrylic nail extensions after claiming students were ‘unable to use a pen’ because of them. In a letter sent out to parents at Burnside College, Northumberland, the school explained that the enhancements were impacting some children’s education. A letter from the school sent out…
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MANI MONDAY: Feeling blue
Begin the week the right way with some nail inspiration this mani Monday! We are loving this extra glam set by Janine, at Nails by Janine in Swindon, this week and we cannot take our eyes off it. The design sees a number of blue hues, marbling, blue dried flowers,…
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NSI unveils Balance PolyPaste enhancement system
Add to your enhancement offering with NSI’s Balance LED/UV PolyPaste range. LED and UV cured, the gel-hybrid system is versatile; it can be used for adding durability to the natural nail or creating enhancements with tip and overlay or sculpting methods. PolyPaste sees a thick, paste-like viscosity, allowing for easy building…
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MANI MONDAY: Violet vision
Begin the week the right way with some nail inspiration this mani Monday! We are obsessed with this vivacious nail look created by talented tech and Scratch Shoot Out 2018 Voters Choice winner, Kylea Wherry. Featuring an array of violet, electric blue and teal hues, the acrylic enhancements see a different design…
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MANI MONDAY: No blue Monday
Begin the week the right way with some nail inspiration this mani Monday! Today marks the infamous blue Monday and whether you believe that the third Monday of the month really is particularly bleak – or whether you believe it’s simply a PR stunt – you’re bound to hear the…
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